Donald Trump had a really good month. He has surged to the top of nearly all the national polls, and he was an overwhelming favorite among our readers at The Pulse 2016, receiving 7,462 votes, or 49.6 percent of the vote.
Ted Cruz won our May Straw Poll, and he still had a pretty good showing in July. Cruz placed second with 2,538 votes, or 16.9 percent of the vote.
Ben Carson and Scott Walker were the only other candidates to top 1,000 votes. Carson finished a solid 3rd with 1,729 votes (11.5 percent of the vote) and Scott Walker finished 4th with 1,164 votes (7.7 percent of the vote.)
Here are the full results:
| Donald Trump | 7462 | 49.60% |
| Ted Cruz | 2538 | 16.90% |
| Ben Carson | 1729 | 11.50% |
| Scott Walker | 1164 | 7.70% |
| Rand Paul | 490 | 3.30% |
| Marco Rubio | 378 | 2.50% |
| Mike Huckabee | 329 | 2.20% |
| Rick Perry | 236 | 1.60% |
| Carly Fiorina | 178 | 1.20% |
| Jeb Bush | 167 | 1.10% |
| John Kasich | 139 | 0.90% |
| Bobby Jindal | 124 | 0.80% |
| Rick Santorum | 45 | 0.30% |
| Chris Christie | 31 | 0.20% |
| Lindsey Graham | 13 | 0.10% |
| George Pataki | 9 | 0.10% |
If Fox News used strictly our straw poll for next Thursday’s debate, the candidates included would be Trump, Cruz, Carson, Walker, Paul, Rubio, Huckabee, Perry, Fiorina, and Bush… notably excluding John Kasich and Chris Christie.
Our straw poll was conducted from July 6th to July 30th. Please note that the results of this poll are not scientific.
13 comments
Really?? For a Poll???
So are you suggesting we nominate Hillary Clinton’s best friend who brags about buying politicians, thinks Canadian single payer healthcare is awesome, has campaigned for “assault weapon” ban as well as supports heavy progressive income tax and bank/auto bailouts? Why even vote Republican?
Look people we have to WIN this election. Trump is the one who can and already is crossing party lines. This is serious and not a popularity contest, or ” my team” mentality. Our country is tanking under ESTABLISHMENT RULE. Any candidate that is funded by donor’s will in FACT have their hands tied, and will be bullied by the RINO / DEMOCRAT establishment. Trump can not be bought, and therefore can not be CONTROLLED! If you truly want to see illegal immigration delt with and Obamacare be repealled, you will SUPPORT TRUMP, and support ” OUR” country.
I want the one who will keep STRONGLY SPEAKING OUT AGAINST the stupidity going on in America. SO FAR…..that’s been Trump!
DUMP TRUMP !!!!
It’s TRUMP all the way !!!! Too bad we have to wait until the end of 2016 for him to take office. That’s giving Obama a WHOLE another year to RUIN OUR COUNTRY !!!!!
Rick Perry 2016
Rick Perry, Ben Carson, Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Scott Walker, or even Rick Santorum. Any of them.
Trump ’16!!! Woooooooo!!!!!!!
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Well, if I’d seen this poll in May, June and July, I would have voted then, too!
Only around 15,000 people voted not even 1percent.
Just a suggestion. While these polls are interesting, they really only show who is more popular. Why not create a page that shows where these candidates stand on key issues, education, immigration, health care, gun rights, etc. This would inform voters about these candidates. Informed voters will be much more valuable when the 2016 elections roll around.
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